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Avon Rubber wobble on US contract delays

Avon drops ‘protection’ from company name

Added: 1 Aug 2024

Name change to Avon Technologies to avoid confusion between wider group and business units

Bridgestone adds to tire-price rises in North America

Bridgestone confirms job cuts, reduced production at Buenos Aires tire plant

Added: 31 Jul 2024

Tire maker says export level from Argentine factory “10% of what was planned”

Conti, Pyrum ink long-term rCB supply agreement

Added: 31 Jul 2024

Framework agreement covers purchase from at least two Pyrum waste tire pyrolysis plants

Goodyear to relocate Latin America HQ to Akron

Goodyear adds more former Stellantis execs to management team

Added: 31 Jul 2024

Appointments will “allow us to leverage data and consumer insights to transform how we meet custome…

Shin-Etsu silicones business registers double-digit growth

Shin-Etsu moves to increase earnings at silicone materials unit

Added: 31 Jul 2024

Reports first quarter earnings rise at ‘functional materials’ division despite lower sales

Profile: Future potential of the Philippine rubber industry

Added: 31 Jul 2024

Supplied by organisers* of new conference & exhibition taking place 26-28 Sept in Davao City

Buenos Aires deputies reject tire makers’ cutback measures

Added: 30 Jul 2024

Local union protests against lay-offs at Bridgestone, Fate plants junder financial 'crisis preventi…

Zeon raises financial outlook on stronger elastomer performance

Added: 30 Jul 2024

Segment earnings rose 53% year-on-year, due mainly to higher synthetic rubber volumes, sales  

ContiTech halves CO2 footprint with new air springs compound

Added: 30 Jul 2024

Replaces chloroprene rubber with mix of natural rubber and EPDM for commercial vehicle components..…

Nexen taps virtual reality, AI for tire design

Added: 30 Jul 2024

'High dynamic grade driving simulator' to help reduce cost, increase efficiency

International rubber conference set for The Philippines

Added: 30 Jul 2024

Event 26-28 Sept organised by Philippines Rubber Industry Association and Xida Communications

Rubber futures continue to decline amid slow demand

Added: 29 Jul 2024

“Market uncertainty has kept prices trading sideways within a narrow range,” according to JPX

Ceat earnings grow despite ‘significant" rise in raw material costs

Added: 29 Jul 2024

Indian tire maker expects ‘momentum in volumes’ to continue in second quarter of its fiscal year

Arlanxeo advances CR, NBR upgrades in Europe

Explosion at Arlanxeo synthetic rubber site in France

Added: 29 Jul 2024

Incident occured earlier this month at the La Wantzenau nitrile rubber production facility

Sumitomo Riko ‘mass-producing’ components for hydrogen-powered trucks

Added: 29 Jul 2024

Products include hydrogen tank mount, hose and gaskets for small fuel cell trucks

ETRMA reports “encouraging” signs in European tire markets

Michelin grows earnings in “unstable” first-half trading conditions

Added: 26 Jul 2024

Improvement in product 'mix' offsets negative impacts including high levels of Asian tire imports..…

Report: James Walker to unveil new O&G elastomer family

ESA leader foresees closer global alliance of sealing trade bodies

Added: 26 Jul 2024

European Sealing Association chairman John Morton addresses challenges facing seals manufacturers i…

Pirelli to process only FSC-rubber at plants in Europe

Added: 26 Jul 2024

Transition to certified natural rubber has already started and will gradually roll out to all the f…

Celanese advances bio-based TPE for foamed footwear

Added: 26 Jul 2024

Minimum 20% bio-content material produced using 'physical supercritical fluid' foaming process...

Ceat expects further price hikes as Indian natural rubber soars

Added: 26 Jul 2024

Indian tire maker says NR prices have reached 13-year high in the country